Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Ravensworth have higher incomes than those in 97% of U.S. towns
Ravensworth grades A for jobs and income and A for walkability. Poverty touches 0.6% of residents, next to 9.9% for Virginia as a whole. Home is the office for 26% of workers; Virginia has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Ravensworth in brief
Ravensworth is where the jobs are
Ravensworth has 2,656 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,000 people are in town, 61% more than the 2,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
The quickest commute around
Ravensworth’s 23-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 28 to 32 minutes. Next door ↓
A lot of Ravensworth works from home
26% of Ravensworth workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Ravensworth’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ravensworth is better than 92% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Ravensworth’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ravensworth could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How a workday changes Ravensworth
On a workday 1,124 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 2,630 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Ravensworth on a workday afternoon, 61% more than live here.
2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Ravensworth’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ravensworth workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,015 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Commuting in to Ravensworth: where workers come from
Where Ravensworth clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
30% of the jobs in Ravensworth make or build things
2,656 jobs are based in Ravensworth.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ravensworth, 2013 → 2023: 2,912 → 2,656. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ravensworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Ravensworth’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Ravensworth is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Virginia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,378 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 13.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 96% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Ravensworth households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Ravensworth’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300, Ravensworth comes 305th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 9 | Sully Square VA | 2,394 | $176K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Oak Grove VA | 2,408 | $174K | 0.6% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
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| 57 | Mason Neck VA | 2,039 | $168K | 1.1% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 303 | Lusby MD | 2,595 | $152K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 2% | A |
| 304 | Excelsior MN | 2,316 | $103K | 10.0% | 0.0% | 6% | A |
| 305 | Ravensworth VA | 2,475 | $166K | 0.6% | 5.9% | 2% | A |
| 306 | Fairfax IA | 2,925 | $114K | 6.2% | 1.8% | 1% | A |
| 307 | Munsey Park NY | 2,787 | $250K | 2.0% | 6.2% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ravensworth, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Ravensworth and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ravensworth workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravensworth | – | A | A | 23 min | $166,094 |
| Kings Park | under 2% | A+ | A | 32 min | $166,150 |
| North Springfield | under 2% | A− | A− | 30 min | $130,400 |
| Wakefield | under 2% | A+ | A− | 28 min | $237,975 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ravensworth’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ravensworth: questions
What is the median household income in Ravensworth?
$166,094 (±$57,935) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ravensworth?
0.6%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ravensworth?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ravensworth work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (14%, 13 mi), Arlington (11%, 8 mi), Springfield (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ravensworth walkable?
Ravensworth is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.3 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ravensworth without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ravensworth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ravensworth
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.